Grade 7 Poetic Techniques and Terms

This is when a word sounds like the noise it makes. Snap! Crackle! Pop! Using this device really brings your writing to life.

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Symbolism

This is a figure of speech in which a writer describes something by comparing it to something else.  The words ‘as’ or ‘like’ will be a big clue.  

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Symbolism

This word describes groups of lines in a poem.  Sometimes, it’s called a verse.

• Chapter
• Verse
• Stanza
• Page

This word describes the beat of a poem.  

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Music

This is when an inanimate object is given human qualities

• Symbolism
• Personification
• Metaphor

This is when words begin with the same sound or letters. 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Stanza
• Adjective

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

What poetry technique do the following lines have in common?
The teapot sang as the water boiled/
The ice cubes cackled in their glass/
the teacups chattered to one another./
While the chairs were passing gas

• rhyme
• repetition
• alliteration
• personification

The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney. 
This is an example of a/an: 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

My neighbours are not normally noisy. 
This is an example of a/an: 

• metaphor 
• simile
• alliteration
• repetition